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Tory MP urges Muslims to fly Union Flag at mosques A YORKSHIRE MP has called on Muslims in Britain to fly the Union Jack from mosques as a show of national unity. Shipley's Conservative MP Philip Davies is urging Muslims in the UK to follow the example of those in Australia flying their country's flag above mosques. He submitted an early day motion which says that it would "show everyone that those in the Muslim community are very keen to integrate and positively contribute to good community relationships in the UK." However leading Muslim figures in Yorkshire accused Mr Davies of singling out their community, described his comments as offensive and likely to do more harm than good. Mr Davies said: "This is not my idea. I was congratulating the idea of Muslims in Australia and calling on Muslims here to follow the example." He added: "There are some people who feel that part of the Muslim community does not feel predominantly British. There are people in my constituency who think some Muslims do not feel they are British. This is an issue - when we talk about community cohesion we are predominantly talking about Muslims." The early day motion, which has also been signed by Conservative MP for Castle Point in Essex, Bob Spink, calls "on the Muslim community in Britain to promote the flying of the Union Flag in the grounds of mosques in the UK; believes that this action would demonstrate the Muslim community's commitment to the UK; and further believes that it would be a very effective way of countering any negative publicity and that such a move would publicly show everyone that those in the Muslim community are very keen to integrate and positively contribute to good community relations in the UK." But Rashid Awan, president of the Pakistani Society of West Yorkshire said: "To identify Muslims as needing to do this will aggravate the situation. "We are trying to win the hearts and minds of people who are unfortunately involved in subversive activities but this will not help. I believe in one nation and that we should all tackle issues together." Shahid Malik, the Muslim Labour MP for Dewsbury said: "What this country need is not more flags flying above mosques but less irresponsible politicians." Bary Malik, a Bradford magistrate and chairman of the Ahmadiya Muslim Association, said temples, churches and mosques were places of worship and he did not think people should be asked to fly a national flag above a place of worship. "They belong to everyone, they are houses of God." -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
